Cooking

Let’s just say my upbringing was somewhat Jew-“ish”. Friday night dinners with servings of shellfish, infrequent trips to ‘temple’, and of course, we celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah! Following in the footsteps of Seth Cohen, ‘Chrismukkah’ was born. What a…

“Ali’s got chutzpah!” I used to think this was a compliment, then I learnt how to use a dictionary – “unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty”. Brilliant. This take on carpaccio is somewhat similar, unusual…

A delicacy traditional to both Christmas and Hanukkah, Chrismukkah would not be complete without copious amounts of smoked salmon! I was fortunate enough to visit the oldest salmon curers in the UK, H. Forman & Son (full living article & vlog…

Saturday doesn’t feel complete without a pan of shakshuka emerging from the stove. I will finally admit it; my husband makes a better ‘classic’ shak that I do – he is Israeli after all. The classic, (this is for those…

From bulbous and egg-shaped, to small and thin, the eggplant (or if you’re a Brit like me, the aubergine) is a staple fruit (well, berry in fact) within Jewish, more specifically, Sephardic cooking. Originating in India or perhaps China (we…